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Message from the Chair – Proposition 13: The Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020

Proposition 13: The 2020 State School Bond

AB 48 (O’Donnell) approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, has now become Proposition 13 and will appear on the March 3, 2020 California Primary Ballot.  Proposition 13 continues the School Facility Program (SFP) with new resources and important programmatic improvements.  CASH is urging support for Proposition 13. We need your assistance to help spread the message that approval of Proposition 13 is critical for California’s students, teachers, California’s economy, and for building, renovating and maintaining schools to ensure that they are clean, safe and healthy.

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CASH Call to Action: Tell the Governor to Sign SB 268

We need your help to urge Governor Newsom to sign SB 268 (Wiener).  SB 268 addresses the issues created by AB 195 (Obernolte, 2017), which requires local bonds and other tax measures to include problematic information on the ballot label.

We are asking our CASH members, including school districts and associates, to send a letter to the Governor requesting his signature on SB 268.  The bill was passed by the Legislature on Friday, September 13, and the Governor has until October 13 to sign or veto the bill.

Time is of the essence; please submit your letters as soon as possible!

Click here for a template letter.

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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

In my inaugural Message from the Chair, I thanked Don Ulrich for his leadership as the outgoing CASH Chair and formally introduced myself to you.  I spoke of having ‘high hopes’ for faster implementation of State bond funds for California schools, but ‘hope’ is not a strategy.   My primary focus as Chair of the CASH Board: Full implementation of Proposition 51 to fund previously approved School Facility Program (SFP) projects and support for a 2020 bond as a bridge to a sustainable capital funding system to address current and future needs.  In this Message, I will provide updates to our membership on these foundational issues for the organization.

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CASH Alert – Action Needed to Support AB 48, the 2020 State School Bond, and to Oppose ACA 1

CASH is requesting our action on two pieces

AB 48- 2020 State School Bond

 

AB 48 has its first hearing in Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday, April 10. We need your letters of support.

All of the Proposition 51 new construction and modernization bond authority has been exhausted. Now is the time to show lawmakers why we need a new school bond in 2020, and your voice is important in this process.

Click here for a letter template, or go to the Advocacy tab on the CASH home page. Submit letters to Aileen Dalen in the CASH office at adalen@m-w-h.com.

CASH is participating in the stakeholder process evaluating the programs and language for AB 48. The bond currently does not have a specific dollar amount. Discussions are taking place regarding specific programs to address issues such as lead abatement, replacement of old facilities, and school safety and disaster response, and the possible inclusion of other education segments (preschool, UC, and CSU). The bill will be debated and refined through the legislative process in 2019, with the goal of being placed on the March 2020 primary ballot.

Thank you in advance for your support!

~ CASH Staff

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2020 Bond Bill Introduced by Assembly Education Chair Patrick O’Donnell

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On the first day of the new legislative session, Assembly Education Chair Patrick O’Donnell (Long Beach) introduced a school bond bill with the intent of having it on the ballot in 2020. With recognition that bond authority for new construction projects is exhausted and in anticipation of the depletion of modernization authority by mid-2019, no Proposition 51 funding authority for such projects will remain. The introduction of the bond bill is therefore timely.

The primary election in California will be in March 2020. Anticipating the passage of the O’Donnell bill by the legislature and signature by Governor-Elect Newsom in 2019, the bond could be on the ballot in the primary election. The bond bill as introduced declares intent for a Kindergarten through Community College (K-14) bond but does not yet propose a specific dollar amount. The bill will kick off negotiations with the Legislature and a wide variety of stakeholders over the coming year.

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